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On this day, 9 November 1972, rock band The Strawbs played a CND Benefit, supported by Sutherland Brothers at Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre.
Founded in 1964 as the Strawberry Hill Boys. The band started out as a bluegrass group, but eventually moved on to other styles such as folk rock, progressive rock, and even (briefly) glam rock.
They are best known for their hit "Part of the Union", which reached number two in the UK Singles Chart in February 1973, as well as for "Lay Down", a song that featured on their 1973 album Bursting at the Seams. Their first hit single, it had peaked at No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart in Oct/Nov 1972.
The band featured on keyboards, Cardiff=born and former Amen Corner member Blue Weaver, who had replaced Rick Wakeman in the band after he left to join Yes.
Weaver was with the Strawbs during their most successful and critically acclaimed period where he played some notable mellotron and other keyboard sequences on their albums Grave New World and Bursting at the Seams. He left Strawbs in 1973, and toured with Mott the Hoople in the US tour.
